Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Advances in transgenic technology and insect resistance management are occurring at a rapid pace, and it can be hard to keep current.
There are now more than 23 Bt transgenic corn products in more than five product lines that are resistant to certain ins...

Author: Linda Langelo, CSU Extension, Horticultural Program Associate

What are penstemons? Penstemons are great bedding plants for use as annuals, half-hardy or perennials.
There are two main groups: American and European penstemon. In the American group there are 275 species that grow throughout the United States, Guatem...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced the ranking period cut-off date for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is Jan. 13, 2012. Producers interested in CSP should submit applications to their local NRCS office by...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Familiar Christmas songs were in the air Monday night, Dec. 19 at the 2011 winter band concert at HHS.
Students in grades 5-12 as well as the HHS jazz band performed under the direction of Shauna Close in their first concert of the year.HHS jazz band sur...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Rural Solutions recently was awarded $5,000 from BNSF Railway Foundation based in Fort Worth, Texas. This contribution will be used to support Second Wind Fund of Northeast Colorado (SWFNC), a program of Rural Solutions.
SWFNC provides mental health serv...

Author: Lori Pankonin

Twelve days of Christmas takes on new meaning
I’ve never given much thought to the lyrics in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song. Twelve drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords a leaping.
Does it have to make sense? I mean, look at nursery r...

Author: Susan Pfaltzgraff

The gift of quality
I remember being in a play in high school. One weekend, we had a mid-day matinee for local elementary school kids. We all breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone in the cast, including myself, thought that we could stop aiming for the pe...

Author: Gisele Jeffersen, Extension Agent

Year-end tax tips
In the middle of the holiday season we have a lot of things on our mind but probably aren’t thinking much about managing our tax liabilities. This might be an expensive mistake, because taking a few simple steps at the end of the cale...

Author: Lee Pitts

Cattle on a cloud
“What are you doing here?” I asked a farmer neighbor who looked as out of place sitting by himself at the auction market cafe as a Nevada cowpoke at the opera. He made his living farming but kept a fancy herd of cattle on his more m...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Five Years AgoDec. 21, 2006
A semi and pickup collided at the stoplight intersection in Holyoke Dec. 12, sending the two vehicles crashing into two nearby buildings.
Tim Gribben, a 1979 graduate of Holyoke High School, was named Football Coach of the Ye...

Author: Chris Lee

News of the end of American war operations in Iraq haven’t been widely announced. Conversations have led to, “I didn’t know that” or “I haven’t heard about that yet.”
President Barack Obama announced Oct. 21 that all troops would leave Iraq...

Author: Chris Lee

News of the end of American war operations in Iraq haven’t been widely announced. Conversations have led to, “I didn’t know that” or “I haven’t heard about that yet.”
President Barack Obama announced Oct. 21 that all troops would leave Iraq...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

About 22 area firemen are in the middle of an extensive Firefighter One course in Holyoke. Temperatures in the upper 50s allowed students to get out and spend some time ripping apart vehicles as they practiced their extrication skills and techniques Sunda...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

About 22 area firemen are in the middle of an extensive Firefighter One course in Holyoke. Temperatures in the upper 50s allowed students to get out and spend some time ripping apart vehicles as they practiced their extrication skills and techniques Sunda...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Churches in Holyoke and the surrounding area will celebrate the holiday season with special services both Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25.
Since Christmas is on a Sunday, most churches only have one service Sunday morn...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Churches in Holyoke and the surrounding area will celebrate the holiday season with special services both Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25.
Since Christmas is on a Sunday, most churches only have one service Sunday morn...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Judges weren’t sure if the neighbors planned to decorate their yards and homes to look the same or not, but it sure looked like it. The Hinck and Smith homes located on South Bowman Avenue earned first place in this year’s lighting contest. The City o...

Author: Holyoke Enterprise

Judges weren’t sure if the neighbors planned to decorate their yards and homes to look the same or not, but it sure looked like it. The Hinck and Smith homes located on South Bowman Avenue earned first place in this year’s lighting contest. The City o...